Thursday, April 19, 2012

Opening Day

Nothing says optimism like springtime and Opening Day. Alas, in a few months only one or two teams from each level will be able to make the trip to Dallas.

Disclaimer: I am officially clueless, and this is stream of consciousness stuff.

Here are my picks to win their divisions:

4.5

Division I

There's no truth to the rumor that Ssshhhwings are now being sponsored by the AARP. No matter how many times Rothe and company yell "Get off of my lawn!", the Deucebags will not be deterred, and they will take Division I.

Division II

Raymond Martinez is one to watch. Is Mussenden really 6'10"??? Zachary and Mitchell should help the Canes.

Bangers' JT Fischer was a top junior at one time.

Jedi Knights are...the Jedi Knights.

Adam Berry of JCC bears watching. Who's this Richardson guy? I'm out of it, but so far he's been impressive.

I'll take the Canes to nip the Blast.

Division III

Quack and Don Rios make a decent singles tandem.

Chancellor's is loaded with decent players, but do they have enough heavyweights?

Mediocre division. I guess the two Westside teams will battle it out. I see Muhala has been scooped up. Who is NWO's second singles guy? Etienne? Cooke? Yikes.

4.0

I won't go division by division, because I'm lazy, and it's usually unnecessary. Who did Freeman, Spoor, Chancellor's add?

Dunno. The rosters, quite frankly, don't look that impressive. A lot of retreads. Based on the Coke, Chancellor's seems to have the upper hand, but I'm sure Freeman has, or will have, some players that will emerge. Someone told me Spoor has a singles guy better than Musa, but who can sift through the thousands of players he has signed up for an 8 match 4.0 season?

Throw in Copperfield because they added Salinas, and the Good Guys because they're decent. Voila! Five teams with a chance. And that's without looking at rosters. Did I miss anybody? Doubtful. Pencil in Carolina and Duke in the ACC every year. Count on the Patriots to be in the mix until Brady and the Hoodie are gone. And put Freeman, Spoor and Chancellor's in the hunt until there are major changes.

P.S. Tennis Link is the worst website I have ever seen. Using the back button is a major annoyance, at least on Chrome.

27 comments:

still no simon or sydney on the titans roster. as much as everyone hates simon, he plays a key role for them. without them both, chancellors have a edge in both singles line tonight with james and hung. day and coyle are good singles players as well, but that will leave gaps in their doubles line up. should be a fun night other there.

that's too many good players on one team. however, that's a good problem to have. good work recruiting during the off season. dont see chancellors winning any lines tonight. btw, what happened to chancellors? no smack talking this year?

In typical Chancellors fashion, they handicapped themselves with a poor lineup and Alex Chang played and won in a line without even being on the roster, so I imagine this one will end up being a 4-1 win for Sugar Creek (even if Sugar Creek won't protest it, my suspicion is Ash won't allow Chancellors the extra line).